Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Shadrach]

Haha! I would have if I could figure out how to post a name with a pic.. sorta know how but it sure gets messed and jumbled up when trying to do it.. ... just when I had figured out how to do that before they changed everything..... anyway.. I’ll get some more pics when the weather is nicer and I’ll post separately as did micstrachan.. it’s nicer and easier to remember them that way..

Get into trouble here if you can't remember who everyone is called.

 

[Shadrach]

Everytime I Open the Door Now

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Love it.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

That’s it for the chickens, but it’s only fair I show Lexi, since she helps me protect the flock during free range time.
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I loved the pictures of your birds! Lexi looks like a lovely pup.

 

[Shadrach]

Tribe 1 on walkabout.

 

[micstrachan]

I loved the pictures of your birds! Lexi looks like a lovely pup.

Thank you!

 

[micstrachan]

Tribe 1 on walkabout.
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Love it!

 

[Shadrach]

[Not nosey at all Shadrack... I am still trying to figure out this site and how to respond, but maybe this will work. Let me know if you get my response. My fenced garden space is 30x30.' So, when I decided to add chickens I felt this was plenty of space for both hobbies... vegetable gardening and Chickens. At the moment, I have just two hens at this site. They are 8 months old now, and one of the girls laid the first egg yesterday! I'm so excited. I moved my other two older girls over to my goat barn when I got the new gals because the old ones ( 6 years) had begun to crack and eat their own eggs. I just heard today that if this happens you can mix one of their eggs in with their food and they will stop this habit. Have you ever heard this? The two I moved to the goat barn seem very happy there, so I just may leave them there.... u

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Pffftt, six years old are youngsters still.
As a hen gets older the shells of the eggs they lay get weaker. So with older hens it may not be that they deliberately break the egg. However once it's broken one wouldn't want to waste it would one.
I can't see the breaking an egg into their food working. They like eggs.
I don't know of any guaranteed way of stopping egg eating apart from being there when they aly it and taking the egg away.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

So, I have a question for those of you who care to answer. Would you still keep chickens if hens didn't lay eggs?
I got asked this by one the chicken keepers here where I live.

I know this has been quite a while ago, but I saw it when someone else responded! My answer is "Yes...and that's why I've got so many chickens."

 

[Shadrach]

Mel.

Tribe 2 in one of their preferred shelter spots.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

I do not know how I can safely remove a skunk in a suburban neighborhood without angering everyone. I may just have to continue armoring the run.

@BY Bob the only way to trap a skunk is in a covered trap. A skunk can not spray where it cannot see. There are also many easy ways to repel them.

Skunks have very sensitive noses and ears. Placing rags soaked in ammonia and moth balls will move him along. Also the constant sound of music or people talking.

When I lived in Linglestown we had a mom and 5 babies under a shed. Using the above techniques the skunk moved out and was not seen again within 3 days.

If you prefer to hire someone for his removal, I 100% recommend Hillcrest pest and critter control in Halifax.